KAISER'S WAR DREAM.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 212, 20 May 1915, Page 2

KAISER'S WAR DREAM.

ser nt^ vcin Sehw.eringlpPiippaer a lifeling devotion to his Ss'Hsi‘sign, has been, so profoundly af sented by the present war, tjhat he commits suicide after his disillusionment. This, istibsM iwtfas about that a remarkable diary^has^ “Tjie.®|-^n

A SHOCK FOR MOLTKE. ' 1 h6 |, [had 6 a ' / cpnv.erfp.Hoi^ s wUU- T Kaiser which. y s|ep^M V maC"l:or the Emperor seemed to somh'ltldn 1 tpfcich he had not revealed to Yon was sent Tor ! fo on his'return at midnight “SounT &sel” r MM t ■• 9°^*■ fetby Moltlce; 'he "shyl, was a frfetfgCPAtWO^# 5 * 'standing. ~^iTvt hat .he,, wag;ju&2tea M lhe~ Kaiser, him for four hours diseasing. a possible war., Moltk e continued??., “I am, afraid been Receiving'‘ us*Tor years; that pretending to be an adversary was in'hiS'dWif 4nnld c6hgnwttlty. .tWnkinf rdf ;'the ; day v -w|hen he jC.ould declare it.” r •/ri gasped ..hi astonishment. ...., JL ah l c iJ shrprised',”" said ftfoltke. “I w'asvsurprisedhhyself, and-perhaps frves-morg' than you.T thought up to \ now that I knew our Sovereign, that the intricacies‘ of His charadtef had been* 'jrathomedS' by me,- and I found that Jfj-was mistaken.,; To-day I have . seen and sycksiiwAtlnan unknown Emma.nr;who! was ah utter ' stWgei'jte#^ B ; the murder of the Archduke.) thatTias.transformcd him to i such an . extent-, yoi’ has-he at last . thrown away a mask behind which he ; has hidaiMfanseS’ for the last' ouar/ter,of a century? I, cannot .decide that i Question, and, I will not-.waate. my time !in trying to do i you that new he is thinking. Of wai

l and preparing,, for it; 'and,; may God iforgive .me Jfor saying so, he is cleteri: mined to declars. lt .if others do not i declare,it tc.hirn.-’ • h v ■' '- ’ i ' ;.‘Co.u : iit Axel”; objected ..that, no prei text lor ayyar. existed,,to w;h-ich Moltke lrepnsd; S ;J ; , ; ;A wAcod ' Lz-'.l I , “Pretexts can always be found for ■ey.fry., adieu, be it,-. a -good’ or ‘a badjene F tell you, William IX. wants war. iKe has, I am afraid, been wanting it |ilyvay?j-; hut has had the courage to-dis- ' simulate' his feelings-.-until the clay whop ho, hdieyfd-he could mt- last proceed on his ruthless designs with the certhtuty fulfil them, if you had heard him'question me tonight on our strength, and especially on the" action our artillery could take in case of war, you, would not doubt liis mtbhtions.” ' T ‘ 1 Later, whehwar, had, actually been d;e(fidred',‘or, rather, decided upon by him, the Kaiser’ 'endeavoured to justify his deep-minded plot thus: ... i “I"had to weigh all th e chances of •a:possible defeat, and so long as I saw even a single one, I deferred the .execution umjem an which';! have 'nursed {since nvyi boyish'-days/ wlfeii you And I were talking about a,..Germain Empire eveh greater' than the one which existed ’already. ol It 'has taken me' twentyfivecycvars to '-establish on a' solid basis the at tempts thafc I am going tpj make at I present; but single day have. I forgotten the jnissio.ll. which: * lies befo/re’ me, and HybiCfi,l,must per- ' 'the; attempts... -. LHE'-WaftL-d ME'MAD.'

' 1 . .i., r > . ■/. •:: ; >• Affei* rfeferrlh'g'to' the “insuks” of tv 10 Pah-Slavi^?ahd : Kimhcophil p&< tias, t&e Kaiser.,es&Linued: ■ •" ' il .<■“'-‘Every i daily ami provocations has seared my eoul dike a red-hot ir®a. I -trav'c' felt it ;rrit6 my rest, and driving .iyleep awav . frciik my eyes. It>dt 1 have made.'i r m sign; Vi remained Mipas'bivd, because I; knew rthat the hoarC‘bi reckoning av|s atvhaa%, whe)/tl|| Su|mreigusiWllb|liad

that they we're conferring honour c*n mj »\\^en!.|ii«^c^n.d^s«ef^;• to attend daughteV’-b-isf e,dd frig-would' crawl ■nr ••■xhc , d.ust at -my- f-aetr.before rch e might" my' sword,"'and would i*av e ' to re%gnise that Germany was j • IV? most powerful. nafioß.j m tthe whole vvorid, .her Emperor the) on« potentate whom no /me glared s to 1 thwart in any v.-p.y.”

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• ' * the Xrienq of ;my S.qyerpigir for, Vliom( I died, iwas nothing, hhe than a scheming, cruel, unscrup-u----ilons brigand overwhelmed.,.me. - .yi'ei:.” he fejjdd, “for the next few ‘daysil|alf th e world will call me mad for da-iing to enter into a .struggle with almost the whole trt'Europe. They, tvill vote me a away by Ms pride lnV5 vanity'. &nt this •rill net- last long. V-jry gpoe , ipefe 5,t xhc.-: pc op 1 C shall by r ttxiri h\ cl o .jectnch* they-Shall u'Jti- v j